PhET Simulation: Balancing Act Feature Summary

Type:
Physics at Home
Title:
Balancing Act
Description:
Security note:
Once you have clicked on the "simulation" link below, be sure to read the Java Security Advisory before running the simulation: To do that, click the "Read now" button on the yellow band near the top of the PhET page.

Go to Balancing Act (and click "Run now!") for a simulation that lets you move objects of different mass different positions on a teeter totter to make it balance.

To learn more, visit this Hyperphysics page.

(This feature was updated on May 6, 2013.)
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